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expiatory
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective expiatory has 1 sense
- expiatory(a = adj.pert) expiative, propitiatory - having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" Derived form verb expiate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
expiatory, a. [L. expiatorius: cf. F. expiatoire.].
Having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice. [1913 Webster]
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